Thanks for the response, Mike. I'm not inclined to think it's the
battery. It holds a charge and cranks the way it always has. Any
other thoughts?


Michael Pardee wrote:
> "ritpg" <ritpg@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1165374977.558717.250910@80g2000cwy.googlegro ups.com...
> > Left my lights on my '05 Element today and when I got out of work, of
> > course, the battery was dead. The lights were not on that long. I was
> > surprised the battery died that quickly. This happened one time
> > before. We were tailgating for a couple of hours with the radio on and
> > the back hatch open. Dead battery that time too. Today the battery
> > died to the extent that I got the enter code alert on the radio after
> > jump starting the car. I entered the code easily enough but now I get
> > no sound. The radio display indicates that the radio is operating: I
> > can switch from AM to FM to XM, etc. Turning the volume knob gives me
> > the usual display indication that the volume is increasing but I get no
> > sound at all. Does anyone know what the problem is and how I would fix
> > it?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
>
> Sure sounds like a bad battery, with a possibility it isn't being charged
> right. Depending on your climate, the battery either died young or not. If
> you are in Arizona two years is about the best you can hope for from an
> under-the-hood battery. If you are in Wisconsin that's pretty bad.
>
> Mike